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Is accuracy or story more important in historical fiction?
It’s quite likely when you read a work of fiction that the words have been inspired by some true event – whether historical or more recent. In an interview with the BBC last month, crime writer...
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Famous Feats of Aviation
The Scottish county of East Lothian is known for its scenic golf courses, historic castles and one of the biggest gannet colonies in the world at the Bass Rock. What’s less known is its place in...
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An interview with the brains behind Cricket Banter and the Middle Stump.
Dan Whiting is a father of four children, who runs a company in legal recruitment. He lives in Hertfordshire and is the Chairman of Southgate Adelaide CC. Liam Kenna is a twenty-four-year-old Welshman...
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The Friday Digest 17/05/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * On Tuesday 14 May, Dan Brown's latest novel Inferno was released. Now the first reviews are out but who...
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Law & Disorder in Manchester
We tend to think of Manchester as the shock city of the Industrial Revolution, but its roots are much older. It was founded in A.D. 79, the same year that another Roman city, Pompeii, was buried...
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The Chelsea Flower Show and the history of exhibitions
2013 marks the Centenary of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. This will undoubtedly be celebrated with gusto and panache, befitting such a prestigious and well-loved event in the horticulturalist’s...
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How it feels to win the Rugby Book of the Year...
Last night, The Final Whistle by Stephen Cooper was crowned Rugby Book of the Year at the 2013 British Sports Book Awards. Today, he shares how it felt to win... Prize-day at school was never like...
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Now to make 'The Final Whistle, the sports book of the year...
What great news arrived in the office yesterday, we have won the Rugby Book of the Year with The Final Whistle by Stephen Cooper. I was very excited about this announcement, as a passionate rugby...
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The Friday Digest 24/05/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * One of the biggest challenges for local historians is the preservation of historic buildings and sites....
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Telling the true story of Emily Wilding Davison
Maureen Howes and Penni Blythe-Jones share their reactions to seeing the finished copy of Emily Wilding Davison: A Suffragette's Family Album for the first time, upon its release. Maureen: I spent 16...
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Is there life after Fergie?
In Zach Helm’s 2007 children’s fantasy film, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Dustin Hoffman plays a 243 year-old owner of a magical toyshop. When he suddenly announces his retirement, the store...
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One Dead Piglet- A short murder mystery story by Naomi Reynolds
It was a bad start to the day for Philip Fields; he had solved the Winder Case. Sure, this had resulted in a hefty wad of notes in his wallet, and had prevented a man from escaping the hangman of...
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The bloodiest bits of... Camden
Camden, the London Borough that stretches south from Highgate, Hampstead and Kilburn through Camden Town, Bloomsbury and Holborn has witnessed many bloody deeds, including headless Jacobites,...
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The Friday Digest 31/05/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * The Tudor warship Mary Rose sank in 1545 whilst leading the attack against a French invasion fleet in...
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The Extraordinary Story of Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo was established in 1963 by Zoologists Frank and Helena Farrah in the grounds of Stanway Hall Park. The site was around 25 acres in size and contained a small collection of animals...
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June 2nd 2013: A Historic Royal Spectacle Revisited
Only once before in English history has a Coronation been celebrated 60 years after the event, but on 2nd June this particular milestone will be marked again following the passing of an incredible...
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An Inspiring Perspective on Liverpool from the 1950s
The wireless was playing Nat King Cole singing ‘Mona Lisa’, and on the 16th January 1950 the BBC’s first broadcast of ‘Listen with Mother’ was heard, as the women of the city were getting used to...
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The Friday Digest 07/06/13
The Friday Digest brings you the best of the week's history news gathered from the experts: * This image of what today's countries looked like 300 million years ago as a 'supercontinent' called...
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House Histories: Orchard Court
In late 2012 I was approached to assist in a new television programme for ITV highlighting house histories across the United Kingdom. The new five part series, ‘Britain’s Secret Homes’, will countdown...
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I didn't know that about... Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and a city, steeped in history and world-renowned for its rich architectural heritage. With over 4,500 listed buildings, Edinburgh was listed as a World Heritage...
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